Ex.2 Match column A with column B

Viewpoint	Well, badly, quickly, slowly, easily, quietly
When?	When, now, then, before, after, afterwards, once, just, still, already/yet, since, early, lately/recently, suddenly, soon, long, ago, today, tomorrow, yesterday
Connecting	Here, there, where, somewhere/anywhere, nowhere, elsewhere, far away/ far off, near, inside, outside, above, below
How much?	Much, little, very, too, so, rather, enough, quite, not at all, hardly/scarcely, nearly/almost, somewhat, much/far/by far
Where?	Obviously/ evidently, probably, possibly, indeed, certainly, perhaps, may be, apparently, decisively, undoubtedly, practically, naturally, fortunately, unfortunately, mainly, chiefly, mostly
How?	In addition, again, apart from this/ besides, moreover, as compared, to, equally, however, in reality, all in all, and so on, essentially, in brief, in conclusion.

Ex.3 Form the adverbs corresponding to the following adjectives:

bad, slow, quick, merry, sweet, happy, sad, brave, correct, care­ful, sudden, hard, sorrowful, bright, good, fast, near, slight, ter­rible, complete, entire, beautiful, wonderful, loud, proud, seri­ous, painful, long, cold, warm, silent, strong.

Ex.4 Find the appropriate Russian equivalents for the English adverbs.

1) shortly а) вероятно

2) hardly b) внимательно

3) nearly с) упорно

4) late d) весьма

5) hard e) почти

6) lately f) едва

7) sharp g) недавно

8) pretty h) поздно

9) closely i) ровно

10) likely j) вскоре

 

Ex.5 Choose the appropriate adverb.

1. He lives quite (nearly/near). 2, You've come too (lately/late). 3. The mechanic examined the damaged car (closely/close). 4. It is (prettily/pretty) difficult to speak to her. 5. We have seen very little of you (lately/late). 6. She is always (prettily/pretty) dressed. 7. He (nearly/ near) seized the rail. 8.I used to work (hardly/hard) to get everything I have got now. 9. His suggestion seemed (highly/high) improbable to us, 10. Her house stood (closely/close) to the river. 11 The wind was blowing so (hardly/hard) that I could (hardly/hard) walk. 12. The actress (justly/just) deserved the prize. 13. The plane flew (highly/high), we could (hardly/hard) see it. 14. (Shortly/ Short) after graduating I moved to the capital. 15.1 could see the house door which was (widely/wide) open.

 

Ex.6 Choose the correct variant

1.The firm is very efficient/ efficiently organized. 2. I have an awful/ awfully headache. 3. We must meet them. Their train arrives late/ lately. 4. That’s real/ really wonderful dress. 5. Her hair is soft/ softly and curly. 6. Is the girl good/ well brought up? 7. Everybody says that she sings bad/ badly. 8. Hurry up, George! Why are you always so slow/ slowly? 9. I don’t remember the rule very good/ well. 10. He is very difficult to deal with. He can’t explain anything clear/ clearly. 11. I can’t imagine how he passes his exams. He hard/ hardly studies at all. 12. She is very patient/ patiently with her pupils. 13. The house is very old. The roof doesn’t look safe/ safely. 14. I’m a little tired but I feel good/ well. 15. The food in our hotel is wonderful/ wonderfully. It always smells and tastes pleasant/ pleasantly.

 

Ex.7 Give the comparative and superlative degrees of the following adverbs:

well, far, late, easily, slowly, long, early, comfortably, near, quickly, clearly, badly, often, correctly.

Ex.8 Translate into English using the adverbs

1. Я где-то читал об этом. 2. Я никуда не пойду сегодня вечером. 3. Я никогда не смотрю футбол по телевизору. 4. Вы уже закончили печатать письма? 5. Уже совсем светло. 6. Он достаточно умен, чтобы понять это. 7. Он знает английский достаточно хорошо. 8. Он почти кончил свою работу. 9. Я едва понимал его. 10. Он работает очень упорно. 11. Он еще спит. 12. Он еще не вернулся. 13. Он говорит очень медленно. 14. Я совсем забыл этот рассказ. 15. Сейчас слишком поздно туда идти. 16. Вы должны идти туда немедленно, иначе вы опоздаете. 17. Я чуть не сказал ему об этом. 18. Уже совсем темно. 19. Еще не совсем темно. 20. Еще совсем не темно.

THE NUMERAL

Test it. Answer the questions. Write the numbers in full.

1. How many minutes are there in two hours? 2. How many kilometers are there in a mile? 3. What is your normal temperature? 4. How much do you weigh? 5. How many cents are there in $2,5? 6. How many days are there in a year? 7. When were you born? 8. What is your telephone number? 9. What is the number of your flat? 10. What is the approximate population of Kazakhstan?

 

Cardinal numbers

379 = three hundred and seventy nine;

2,860 = two thousand eight hundred and sixty;

5,084 = five thousand and eighty-four;

470,000 = four hundred and seventy thousand;

2,550,000 = two million, five hundred and fifty thousand;

3,000,000,000 = three billion.

NOTE: There is no plural 's' after dozen, hundred, thousand, million and billion when they are part of a number. On their own, they can be plural, thousands of people; millions of insects.

 

Saying '0'

This can be spoken in different ways in different contexts.

Telephone number: 603 724 = six oh three, seven two four (AmEng = six zero three);

mathematics: 0.7 = naught point seven, 6.02 = six point oh two;

temperature: -10 degrees = ten degrees below zero / minus ten degrees;

football: 2 - 0 = two nil; tennis: 40 - 0 = forty love.

Talking numbers

Here are several useful words and expressions connected with numbers:

The streets have got odd numbers (3, 5, 7) on the left and even numbers (4, 6, 8) on the right.

 

Ordinal numbers and dates

We write 4 January (or 4th January), but say the fourth of January or January the fourth.